Jesus and Saliba were excellent in CRYvsARS , but an Arsenal duo provided cause for concern for Arteta at Selhurst Park, writes willfordy25
Jesus, Saliba shine but Arsenal duo may force Arteta back to the drawing boardGabriel Jesus and Wiliam Saliba were excellent, but an Arsenal duo provided cause for concern for Mikel Arteta at Selhurst Park…– but dominated as the main man in the Arsenal attack. Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka flanked the new signing, and played well, but seemed superfluous to proceedings, particularly early on, as Jesus drew every eye as he dropped deep, span in behind and dazzled with his dribbling skills.
But the old, very useful tropes of his time at City, drilled into him over six years by Guardiola, remained evident in Arsenal salmon. His movement out of possession was excellent, and too frequently ignored by his teammates, and his desire to press high and win the ball back probably should have ended in a goal as Martin Odegaard failed to pull the trigger in the box.
The second half was a different story, as Jordan Ayew took advantage of Zinchenko’s lack of pace with the ball at his feet and through runs off his shoulder. The new signing looked shellshocked as he was replaced by Kieran Tierney late on. A rethink over Zinchenko’s role may be required when faced with similar pace on the wing in future.
Ben White misplaced passes early on and grew more and more frantic in his defending against Wilfried Zaha from a right-back position in which he looked less than comfortable. Patrick Vieira’s side look as though they will be just as entertaining this season as they were last.
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